RANDY: sorry, i'm really taking you through the wringer here, but can you choose a staircase to walk up?
the slightly pixelated end of one staircase holds an empty doorway, filled with a white void that is casting it's negative shadow on the surrounding webpage.
the other is cartoonish, childish, like it was drawn with a crayon. it humbly leads to a closed door that is surrounded by many clouds.
the third staircase, is actually not a staircase at all, and is in fact a sentient png file of a magician's loose dove. his name is george, or so he says.

there's a cold breeze coming down the stairs.
there's void shining on you. it's grainy, pixelated, it feels artificial.
it's the biggest of the three choices presented.

this staircase seems warm and inviting...
it's sort of in the distance, but not really, because this is a 2d webpage on a computer screen.
you could take a fat nap here, you think.

GEORGE THE MAGIC DOVE: hi, i'm george the magic dove!
man, i just flew out of a hat i was unfairly
held hostage in for about a week straight.
i don't know how i survived. my magician barely
ever lets me out. but that's besides the point,
i'm out now, and it's time for my great escape.
he sounds hopeful for the future,
and his words that he is somehow saying without a functioning human voice,
(nor bird voice, because he (contrary to unpopular belief) isn't a parrot)
are laced with optimism. it makes you feel good, too.
(dove png by agusrockforlife on deviantart.)